I get the coolest gigs. I recently helped judge the Stony Brook University computer science department's annual video game programming competition. Eleven teams spent the last six weeks first coming up with a concept and then building their projects from scratch. The games ranged from word-based Tetris-ish...
I look forward all year long to this time of the season, when the cherry tree in front of my house blooms. It last only a few weeks, so capturing it's very important to get a shot at just the right time....
I happened to be passing Wellwood Cemetery on the way to work when I saw smoke billowing up from the center of the property. You don't see that everyday. So I drove into the cemetery and snapped a picture and some video with my BlackBerry. The...
One a another cold, windswept day, I went to the Fire Island Lighthouse to witness the return of the lighthouse's original Fresnel lens, along with a showcase building for the lens currently under construction. Afterward, I was invited to go up to the top of...